His and Hers (No-Grate) Homemade Body Wash

About a month ago I posted a couple of options for making your own body wash. Since then I have become a dedicated user of this semi-homemade version using grated Dove bar soap. It has become a fixture in our shower.

As a matter of fact, I think the hubster was becoming a little jealous of my luxurious body wash in the “fancy” container…so I thought I would surprise him with his very own bottle of “manly” body wash. Since I had good luck with the Dove soap…I decided to try the Dove Men+Care Extra Fresh Body and Face Bar. It smells really clean and fresh…and of course…manly! Very important.

I used the exact same recipe for the “Manly Body Wash” as I did for mine, but with one important difference! I didn’t GRATE any soap!

I took Paulkelly Brown’s word for it who left a comment on Facebook that he never grates bars of soap. He simply melts them in the microwave! He said it works for Fels Naptha bar soap which I use in my laundry soap ….so I wondered if it would work for this. Guess what? It did! Approximately 90 seconds in the microwave in a microwave-safe container and it melts and then begins to bubble up! (Keep an eye on it so it doesn’t overflow!)

After that I poured it into the 6 cups of water that I already had heated on the stove. (If you put the melted soap into COLD water…it will just harden up again immediately.)

So here is the slightly modified “recipe”.

Semi-Homemade Body Wash

6 cups water

3 bars of soap

Put water into a pan on the stove and bring to a boil, then turn down to medium heat. Microwave the bars of soap one at a time for approximately 90 seconds in a microwave-safe container. When melted, immediately transfer to pot of water. Continue stirring occasionally over medium heat until all the soap is dissolved. It might take awhile…but you want to make sure every piece of soap is completely dissolved before you transfer it to containers. I worked on folding laundry while occasionally checking in on the soap soup.

When completely dissolved…transfer to a glass jar or bowl and allow to cool, then pour into a plastic bottle for shower use! It will thicken as it cools and will continue to thicken for about 24 hours. Don’t be alarmed. This is perfectly normal. If it gets TOO thick…simply add some water until it’s the desired consistency.

For those interested….I will ATTEMPT to do the math (but no heckling allowed if I get it wrong!):

I bought a six pack of the Dove Bars for $6.88.
I used 3 of the bars at a cost of $3.44. This made approximately 48 ounces…or..$1.72 for a 24 oz bottle!
A savings of roughly 75%!!!

AWESOME $AVING$ AND now we both have our very own, “specially formulated”, body wash. ;-)

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I know I’m a little late to the game, but I’ve been wanting to try this for my husband and I since I saw it on Pinterest about a year ago. I tried this with Dove bars (2 bars to 4 cups of water) and I had a few issues. I had a few bits that just wouldn’t seem to melt. Everything was quite liquidy when I added it to boiling water, but after it started to thicken there were a few bits that were just thick and sludgy. I tried cooking it more, but I just have up after a while. Also, I noticed that the steam coming off it while cooking it was quite soapy. I was a bit afraid of breathing it and opened windows to ventilate, but my respiratory tract was really irritated by the time it was all finished and cooling. Beware of this if you have asthma/respiratory issues! I love the idea, so I’m hoping we like it though! :)

Help! I used two bars of Tone cocoa butter and four cups of water. I added two tablespoons of glycerin. It worked but after it cooled, it became somewhat hardened/geled. I added another cup of water and reheated. It cooled. Same thing. I added one more cup and the same thing happened. What should I do? I don’t want to waste it. Should I dilute it further?

Ok so the first time I tried making this I did a big batch with 3 zest soap bars. It was snot by the morning and that was after the gallons of water! Don’t use zest! Second batch I used 1 ivory soap bar and 2 cups water and 2 tbsp olive oil it worked great and I love it. Though the next time I make it with ivory I will be using coconut oil and some essential oils. Third batch I made for my hubby. It was 1 old spice swagger soap bar and 2 cups water. My husband loves it. Thank you for such a great recipe that I will be using from now on.

Has anyone come up with the perfect recipe for Olay soap? Mine came out very runny and I noticed in the comments (of course after I decided to use Olay) others had this same problem. After reading 3 pages of comments I still can’t find the answer as how to get it to the right consistency. Please help!

I have to say this is pure genius. I am a mom of 6, and boy do we go through the body wash. I also just found diy laundry detergent a few months ago. Wish I knew about all of this 26 years ago. I did make dial body wash, it took 11 cups of water and it did come out a little snotty but I ran my hand mixer over it and made it smooth enough to bottle. It’s soap and as long as it gets us clean we will continue to use it. Lol. Just in time for care packages for my kids that live away from home.

Oh boy! I let it cool, it was solid, but if you squeezed it, it mushed, so I have added 3 more cups of water. I think this will do it! 2-4 oz bars of cranberry Dial, 16 cups of water, 1/2 cup vit e lotion. It may need a few ounces of water once in the bottles, but so far it’s great!